Salt – Plant en Zo

Water capturing salt crystals

Water capturing salt crystals Plants and animals that live in dry or salty environments often have ingenious ways for catching water. Like for example the athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a scrub that is growing in salty marshes. Now researchers report in PNAS how this scrub is cleverly using its salty environment to capture water. TheContinue reading “Water capturing salt crystals”

Recognising salt

Recognising salt Salty soil and salty water are fatal to plants. It pushes them out of balance. To avoid this damage, plants have a salt-action plan. They turn on genes that help dealing with too much salt in a plant. They adjust their growth, avoiding the salty ground. But plants need salt as well, inContinue reading “Recognising salt”